I just skimmed through an article in The Guardian dedicated to the most common European fears. Predictably, fears differ quite considerably from country to country. Also, there are general fears and those closer to home. The countries surveyed in the article are Britain, Germany, Italy, Spain, and Poland. Much of the article is outright funny on account of cultural differences, but I focused on one thing only: the fear of climate change. And the verdict is straightforward: by and large, Europeans are not afraid of climate change. Terrorism and pandemics are way ahead in a number of surveys. And so is Russia. The article thus made me smile. Nay, smirk. Humans are too stupid to distinguish between causes and effects. More often than not, they are more afraid of effects than causes. The question of intelligence, no doubt.